The Windows PC and Xbox 360 editions of Mass Effect 3 are available illegally online in advance of this week's official release of the action/RPG sequel. This is deemed mainstream news by Develop (though they aren't actually providing torrent links), who note that this seems to work in spite of EA requiring use of the Origin service for a one-time game activation.

eRe4s3r wrote on Mar 5, 2012, 09:50:PC3 ME3 is not out and is not cracked, and this article is bullshit. (I mean the article on that site linked, not the news here about the article)

What's out on PC is the preload, all thats missing is the encryption codes from release date check.. so yeah, thats obviously a pretty damn important thing missing. Never-the-less, even preloaded customers (europeans primarily) want a crack to skip the March 8th 0am unlock timer, and play today instead of on friday eh. forgot march 8th is actully thursday ;).

Anyhow, game is out on consoles yes, but not on PC.

Actually, the Retail game ISO has been out on Usenet for four days. But like you said, it's not cracked.